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A view of Pushkina Street in Uman, Ukraine on Sept. 8, 2017. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Ukraine says it will not allow in Uman pilgrims for Rosh Hashanah

Ukraine’s ambassador to Israel exhorted Jews to pray for the war to end, but not to make their annual pilgrimage to Rabbi Nachman’s grave.

By Cnaan Liphshiz July 7, 2022 11:26 am

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Jews pray on a street near the tomb of Reb Nachman of Breslov in Uman, Ukraine, on Sept. 20, 2006. (Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images)

Hundreds of pilgrims to Uman suspected of forging negative COVID tests

(JTA) — Hundreds of Israelis who traveled to Ukraine for an annual Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage to the grave of a Hasidic rabbi are suspected of using forged negative COVID tests to return to Israel after testing positive for the virus. Tens of thousands of Israelis travel to Uman, Ukraine each year in a pilgrimage to […]

September 12, 2021 3:13 pm

Jewish men walk down a street in the Pushkin area of Uman, Ukraine of ‎Sept. ‎9, ‎2017. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Haredi Orthodox Jews barred from entering Ukraine for annual Uman pilgrimage

Ukraine last week closed its borders to foreigners until at least Sept. 28 to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

August 31, 2020 2:57 pm

Ukraine and Israel, in joint statement, urge pilgrims to Uman to stay home this Rosh Hashanah

By Marcy Oster August 18, 2020 9:53 am

Ukraine bans annual Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage to Uman over coronavirus pandemic

By Marcy Oster July 14, 2020 10:53 am

4 Jewish tourists injured in brawl with locals in Uman, Ukraine

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 12, 2020 8:00 am

Israel’s measles outbreak began in Uman, Ukraine

By Marcy Oster April 3, 2019 2:17 pm

Jewish man, 23, dies on Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage to Uman, Ukraine

September 12, 2018 6:13 am

A tiny Russian village of Chabad fame dreams of starting its own Jewish pilgrimage tradition

By Cnaan Liphshiz August 30, 2018 5:13 pm

In the Ukrainian city of Uman, businesses and mobsters follow the Jewish pilgrims

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 14, 2017 3:35 pm

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